On June 19, bitcoin experienced volatile, “zigzag” trading between $62,300 and $63,300, ultimately closing up 1% to hover just above $63,000. Bitcoin Holds Ground Amid Volatile Intraday Trading On Friday, June 19, bitcoin oscillated between $62,300 and $63,300 but ultimately closed up 1% on a day the U.S.–Iran peace memorandum faced its first stern test.
Analysts were cautious that potential remedies to resolve STRC depeg could negative affect BTC and MSTR values.
June 19, 2026, 6:00 pmBitcoin’s blockchain is showing its strongest activity since late 2024, creating a rare split between rising network use and a weakening market price. CryptoQuant said in a note shared with CryptoSlate that its Bitcoin Network Activity Index has moved above its long-term trend for the first time since mid-2024.
June 19, 2026, 5:55 pm
Cryptoquant CEO Ki Young Ju has warned that BTC’s biggest threat is not a crash but “boredom,” arguing a years-long sideways grind would expose the danger in Michael Saylor’s STRC preferred-stock machine.
A concentrated liquidity pocket below $59,000 raises the chance of a Bitcoin price sell-off to new 2026 lows, but data suggests bulls will absorb the dip.
The disastrous day for Bitcoin firms' preferred equity offerings may have been due to unwinding of leveraged positions in STRC and SATA.
The U.S. Department of War has told lawmakers it needs $80 billion to cover the war in Iran and other bills, a request that deepens the deficit worries that bitcoin proponents cite as the asset’s reason to exist. Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg relayed the figure to Congress in phone calls.
STRC, Strategy's perpetual preferred stock, traded as low as $82.61 on June 18 before recovering to $88.59, putting the security nearly 17% below its $100 stated amount at the intraday low. MSTR fell 3.4% to $112.53 during the same session, while Bitcoin traded near $62,730, down about 2.5%.
Andrew Tate’s Hyperliquid wallet shows over $803,800 in all-time perps losses after repeated crypto WLFI liquidations.
Bitcoin slipped through short-term support as postponed US-Iran talks added fresh risk-off pressure and crypto liquidations accelerated.
Bitcoin price action avoided volatility but failed to bounce from local lows after a hawkish Fed meeting and posturing over Strait of Hormuz control from Iran.
Crypto ETF flows remained subdued on Thursday, June 18, as bitcoin and ether funds posted another day of outflows ahead of the Juneteenth market closure. Solana and XRP ETFs attracted modest inflows, while HYPE products saw no trading activity.
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